“'Smell-O-Vision' TV developed by Japanese scientists” |
| 'Smell-O-Vision' TV developed by Japanese scientists Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:25 AM PDT Dr Kenichi Okada, of Keio University, Tokyo, told New Scientist: "We are using the ink-jet printer's ability to eject tiny pulses of material to achieve precise control." Ink jet printers work when a pulse of current heats up a coil of wire and creates a bubble that forces a small amount of ink down a tube an onto the page at high speed. The Japanese team adapted a Canon printer to squirt four "ingredient" scents and managed to get hints of mint, grapefruit, cinnamon, lavender, apple and vanilla, for a fraction of a second. Something similar was developed in the US in the '60s, with scents released from sachets hidden in the seats to make cinema audiences more engaged with the entertainment. However, the smells took too long to clear the auditorium and they were scrapped. Previous attempts to add smell to films has included numerous additions of perfume, such as putting scent-soaked cotton wool by a fan blowing over viewers to squirting it from a balcony. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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